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Old Wed Oct 10, 2012, 07:09am
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by johnnyg08 View Post
The umpires are calling strikes. I think it's great!
But they're calling pitches strikes that aren't close to the zone, and they're calling pitches that are in the zone balls, if you believe the graphic is accurate. I want to think these guys are calling solid zones, and the graphic isn't giving them any justice.
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